It is not just about a quote about democracy, but who shared it and why.

“People use democracy as a free-floating abstraction disconnected from reality. Democracy in and of itself is not necessarily good. Gang rape, after all, is democracy in action.

All men have the right to live their own life. Democracy must be rooted in a rational philosophy that first and foremost recognizes the right of an individual. A few million Imperial Order men screaming for the lives of a much smaller number of people in the New World may win a democratic vote, but it does not give them the right to those lives, or make their calls for such killing right.

Democracy is not a synonym for justice or for freedom. Democracy is not a sacred right sanctifying mob rule. Democracy is a principle that is subordinate to the inalienable rights of the individual.”

However, democracy wasn't forced into Singaporeans' throats. Democracy was a choice and we repeat it in our Singapore Pledge- "... to build a democratic society...".

Even Lee Kuan Yew, in his younger days as an opposition, said on April 27, 1955, "But we either believe in democracy or we not. If we do, then, we must say categorically, without qualification, that no restraint from the any democratic processes, other than by the ordinary law of the land, should be allowed… If you believe in democracy, you must believe in it unconditionally. If you believe that men should be free, then, they should have the right of free association, of free speech, of free publication. Then, no law should permit those democratic processes to be set at nought.”

So why did MP Zainudin shared the quote about seems against the virtues of democracy? It is even weirder when you see a MP, democratically elected by the constituents of Toa Payoh- Bishan to represent them in Parliament, to share such a quote about democracy.

Unfortunately, till now, we do not why MP Zainudi shared the quote as he chose to remain silent and it is this silence that opened the floodgates of negative comments about the MP himself.

First, women took offence by the text "Gang rape, after all, is democracy in action" in the quote MP Zainudin shared.

In Singapore, we aspire to be a nation that is free to consider and tolerate different opinions in business, academic, political and to some extent religious spheres. However we clearly need to avoid outrageously chauvinistic statements that condone rape culture. This is not a tall order, and our leaders should observe this.

I therefore regret that the MP for Bishan-Toa Payoh Mr Zainudin Nordin has reproduced on his Facebook page an abhorent quotation which characterises gang rape as 'democracy in action'. As a woman and an advocate of democracy, I urge Mr Zainudin to retract his statement and apologise to women in Singapore.

A meme also started appearing which seemed to have enraged MP Zaniudin as he has threaten to take legal action over the creator.

If the ruckus is confine only to online, legal action will only create that Streisand effect.

One blogger argued that MP Zainudin was "putting forward the argument that the rights of an individual, any individual, is more important that the rights of the group". Taking legal action against the meme starter seem to put this argument to naught.

This argument raises another question. MP Zainudin belongs to the ruling party who now form the Singapore government. Was the statement targeted internally? This becomes even weirder as the Parliamentary Whip, as we know it, has not been lifted.

At the end of the day, was MP Zaniudin intention to share the quote was to raise questions about democracy?

The New York Times did an interesting research on sharing, in today's age of social networks.

Singapore will soon exempt local operators, Singapore Pools and Turf Club, from online gambling ban and the sites will be ready in November 2016.

Ministry of Home Affairs explained that a complete ban on remote gambling drives demand and activities
underground, and may create larger incentives for criminal syndicates to
target Singapore."

Yet in a 2012 survey by the National Council on Problem Gambling (NCG) found that those who gamble online have the poorest control.

Source: https://app.msf.gov.sg/Portals/0/Summary/research/EDGD/Gambling%20participation%20survey%202011.pdf
For those who indulged in online gambling, 30.4% said they gambled for a longer period than they planned to, 33.3% gambled with more money than they planned and 29.2% gambled more frequently they planned to.
Will launching the online gambling sites be like opening a Pandora Box that will create more issues in the future?